Agamemnon

Agamemnon (died c. 1240 BC) was the king of Mycenae in Greek mythology. He was descended from Tantalus, and was from a family that was infamous for rape, murder, incest, and treachery, and when he returned home from leading the Hellenic forces during the Trojan War, he was murdered by Aegisthus, who was adulterous with Agamemnon's wife.

Biography
Agamemnon was the son of King Atreus and Queen Aerope of Mycenae, and was the brother of Menelaus of Sparta. Agamemnon's family was notorious for rape, murder, incest, and treachery, and he was a descendant of Tantalus, a mortal who was confined in Tartarus for eternity, being tortured by his inability to drink water or eat food that was in front of him but would leave his reach. Agamemnon succeeded his father after his father was killed by Aegisthus, an enemy of Atreus' family (he was born to his father Thyestes and his sister Pelopia; Thyestes raped Pelopia to give birth to him, as a prophecy said that their son would kill Atreus). Agamemnon effectively ruled Ancient Greece, and Agamemnon was a powerful ruler.

When King Menelaus' wife Helen of Troy was taken to Troy by Prince Paris of Troy as his wife, Menelaus called on the Greek cities to ally against Troy and seize the city. Agamemnon was chosen to lead the 100,000 Greek troops from a variety of realms across the sea, and after landing on Mysia in northwest Turkey and defeating the locals, they headed south for a few hundred miles, they arrived at Troy in 1250 BC. They laid siege to the city for ten years, and Agamemnon was not a brave warrior, remaining behind the battle lines and giving orders while not actually leading his men. Agamemnon ordered the sack of Troy once the city fell to Odysseus' Trojan Horse strategy ten years later in 1240 BC, and the city burned to the ground as its last people fled to far-off places.

Agamemnon's homecoming was unfortunate, for he found that Aegisthus was having a covert relationship with Agamemnon's wife Clytemnestra. Agamemnon was murdered by Aegisthus and Clytemnestra when he returned home along with his followers.